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Mexicans’ views of Americans have plummeted since the election of Donald Trump. The Show's Lauren Gilger spoke with Christopher Wilson, deputy director of the Wilson Center’s Mexico Institute, about these new findings and what’s next in U.S.-Mexico relations.

Four months after Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico, FEMA announced that emergency food and water services are wrapping up. Joanisabel González, a business reporter at El Nuevo Día, says recovery is uneven at best on the island, though it’s not fully the federal government’s fault for the sluggish pace.

State Rep. Don Shooter has been stripped of all of his committee assignments and faces a censure vote after a report investigating allegations of sexual harassment against the Yuma lawmaker was released Tuesday. With me to talk about the report and what comes next at the Capitol is Howie Fischer of Capitol Media Services.

Several years before the #MeToo and #IHave hashtags began a movement rallying support against sexual harassment and abuse in the workplace, another movement was already underway here in the Valley. One local nonprofit has been teaching teens how respect, empathy and trust are at the root of any good relationship.

And for another perspective on the president’s State of the Union speech, I’m joined by Republican David Schweikert, who represents Arizona’s 6th Congressional District, and Democratic Congressman Ruben Gallego of Arizona’s 7th District.

“We kind of work in a rapid success,” said Blas Minor, battalion chief. “I think this makes us spend a little bit more time with the patient navigating or peeling back the layers of why we were actually called.”

Jeff Flake is pushing back hard against the Trump administration’s plans to limit legal immigration. President Trump has vowed to protect an estimated 800,000 so-called “Dreamers” from deportation before provisions from the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program expire in March. But he’s also calling for changes to legal immigration that are controversial with both parties.

A group of activists along the Mexican border met Tuesday to blast the president’s proposed border wall construction, currently ensnared in an immigration proposal that would also provide legal status for nearly 2 million people.

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